Tuesday 25 October 2011

The Daily Teaser - 25-10-2011

Right …

I’ll be frank, and confess I like getting up at 6:30, I really do.

But I’m also thinking that the nearer we get — here in the UK — to the clocks going back an hour, at the end of Daylight saving, the harder it gets.

Silly, I know.

But there we go …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, let’s …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome, and hoping Nina’s OK — putting her score and bagging 6 out of 6.

Lets see how she, you and everyone else do with todays questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How ToLicense and video

Q1) 25th October, 1944, saw the sinking of the USS Tang, as a result of a malfunctioning what: engine, torpedo or ballast tank … ?

Q2) 25th October, 1962, saw which country join the UN … ?

Q3) 25th October, 1945, saw the island of Taiwan taken over by whom … ?

Q4) 25th October, 1984, saw the European Union — or E. E. C as it was, then — give £1.8 million worth of aid which African country … ?

Q5) And finally … 25th October, 2004, saw transactions in US dollars banned, where … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 24th October, 1945, saw the formal start of the United Nations: in which US city was the inauguration ceremony … ?
A1) Washington DC.

Q2) More to the point, who’s the current UN Secretary General of the UN?
A2) Ban Ki-moon.

Q3) 24th October, 1949, saw the laying of the cornerstone of the UN’s head-quarters: in which city is that HQ?
A3) New York

Q4) Moving on … 24th October, 2003, saw the last flight of Concorde: that flight landed at which airport … ?
A4) Heathrow.

Q5) 24th October, 1901, saw Annie Edson Taylor become the first person to survive going over the Niagara Falls … in a what … ?
A5) Barrel.

Q6) And finally … 24th October, 1933, the birth of which notorious pair of twins … ?
A6) Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …

1 comment:

Debbi said...

1. torpedo
2. Uganda
3. China
4. Ethiopia
5. Cuba